widget woes……..

Oh dear…..
I am trying to place a widget I found online here: (http://www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases/daily_moon_phases.phtml) into a text widget on my blog. (I use Connectiona) The first time I did it, the widget went way pass the margins of the sidebar and looked ridiculous. The next few times I did it, the widget was cut in half and only part of it was visible. I have done nothing to the code and have followed the directions implicitly. I have tried it using Javascript, and not using Javascript, according to the directions at the website. Can anyone help me? The widget is a lunar phase clock.

If it is just an html code then it would be allowed. WordPress.com will strip out any javascript for security purposes. Without creating a massive post with code, can you use the backticks and give us an idea what code you have to put in?

…whoa…way in over my head here! what’s a backtick? i really don’t know anything at all about code other that finding something like font, color, center etc. However, it seems to me to be basic html that links back to the original site since it is a ‘clock’. My first post gives the webaddress of the site. …………………….

The back tick is just the keyboard key to the left of the 1. If you place code with a backtick before it and another right after it, the forums won’t try and execute the code! That is all I was meaning! If it is just html, is it in your page right now?

1. Add the bot to your contact list. More information about adding the bot can be found here: http://bencastricum.nl/msn/help.php
2. Upload the “winlivestatus” folder to your plugins folder (/wp-content/plugins).
3. Activate the plugin from WordPress Administration.
4. Go to Presentation->Sidebar Widgets from the Admin Panel and drag-drop the widget on the sidebar.
5. Open the config window and enter the User ID (UID) provided by the bot and a Widget Name.
6. Hit the Save Changes button.. You’re good to go!

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